79 more cases of dengue in Delhi, total 2,450
By IANSTuesday, September 21, 2010
NEW DELHI - Delhi Tuesday reported 79 more cases of dengue Tuesday, taking the total number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 2,450, an official said.
The disease has claimed five lives in the city this year including one from outside Delhi, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official said.
As the numbers of cases rise steadily, MCD’s nightmare of the total dengue cases crossing the 2006 figure of 3,366 cases may come true.
As the numbers of cases rise steadily, MCD’s nightmare of the total dengue cases crossing the 2006 figure of 3,366 cases may come true.
According to the MCD, 1,153 dengue cases and three deaths were reported in 2009, 1,312 cases and two deaths in 2008, 548 cases and one death in 2007, and 3,366 cases and 36 deaths in 2006.
Dengue symptoms include high fever for four to five days, usually accompanied by severe headache, pain in the eyes, muscle and joint pain and rashes. After the fever goes away, the blood platelet count starts dipping.
